Countdown’s “Deadvision” kicks in!
We generally restrict the Deadvision to ghosts, spirits, and auras; but in this case Hayes’ delusions are so strong they bleed over into Deadvision range. Besides, Sophie’s here. Sophie’s presence allows us to justify practically anything.
Especially in that outfit.
And more below!
Bobservations
Creative Frenzy
Max-The-Artist and I have begun to work out a fairly effective method of collaboration, primarily using gChat. Often I have a fairly clear idea of what I’d like to show on a page, and while I’m not the best at verbally communicating it, Max has worked with plenty of other equally vague art directors.
Besides, it’s gChat. I can make faces. And I do. Max even asks me to hold them for a moment while he gets them down; though I sometimes suspect he’s just seeing how long he can make me look like an idiot.
But this page — this is all him. My only contribution was: “It’s like a shared hallucination by Edvard Munch and Hieronymus Bosch.” Along with a request that there be no humanoid-looking demons so we wouldn’t give the impression that anyone or anything was directly causing the vision other than Hayes’s own mind. Oh, and that the boy was shielded so we wouldn’t have to deal with whether he could see it or not. The auditory hallucinations I could add, but the visuals were up to Max.
And he comes back with this impressively ghastly, twisted, yet somehow tragic vision of mental Hell.
Under the circumstances, I thought I’d let him expound on how he took the concept and ran with it.
– Bob out
Artist’s Notes: I ran all right… ran the hell outta time to think of anything else! Ha! I wish I had a more inspiring story behind this artwork- I pretty much went with the first thing that I knew would work and could execute in the 12 hours I could spare this week. In this case, I felt the visual of seeing Hayes’ ears being stretched and twisted open, with icky shouldermouths barking orders, and a ravenous puckered maw slurping up his brains, would get the message across- our man Hayes has seen better days.
My apologies for last week’s skip- I had to put in extra time on a storyboarding project. I really appreciate everyone voting for us nonetheless, and vote incentive artworks will continue to be a high priority as we continue.
-Max
Wow, dude is SERIOUSLY trippin’…………………………………..
Reminds me of the demonic manifestations in “Edge the Devil Hunter”
Also, Sophie, know you love him and all but this isn’t really the place to be showing old Max what he’s missing……………………
Sophie and Max sharing some meaningful two-way communication? Wow, Level Up!
Caught between a ghost in lingerie and a man having demonic hallucinations? Max has all the luck!
There was something other than Sophie in the room? Didn’t notice.
So the madness is “just” madness. (I said just because I was expecting demonic possession or something like that. I hoped Max could like, kill the voice and give the poor dude his sanity back.)
I wonder though, if it’s so strong it can be seen on a spiritual level, could it be that the madness has a spiritual origin?
Good question. It wouldn’t be unheard of for one’s madness to have a demonic origin, according to some faiths.
Might have been, except in the Bobservations above he says “…so we wouldn’t give the impression that anyone or anything was directly causing the vision other than Hayes’s own mind” therefore in this particular case, we know there is no outside source, spiritual or physical
As I read it it mean that the madness itself is normal, but it still possible he witnessed something which messed his mind. Don’t get me wrong, mind can be messed from perfectly real things but what if he saw something which wasn’t even supposed to be real? Maybe that would allow his madness to be so out out of pase with reality that it would show in a spiritual way.
To be honest I’m grasping at straws here, I kind of still hope there is a supernatural way to save the poor dude.
I know it isn’t part of thee story, but – couldn’t Sophie help him? (<- wishful thinking)
And yeah, Sophie needs better clothes. Not necessarily less sexy, only less shredded. I'm thinking of lingerie made of fuzzy feathers, I mean, first "imagine" the underwear out of feathers, then "dissolve" the feathers a bit into something cloud/fog-like. I bet it would look ghostly 😀
+1
I… have no idea how the afterlife works. So… she’s in her underwear… why? I can see her incorporeal manifestation resembles what she looks like in life, so why isn’t she dressed how she normally dressed when alive?
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Or is this an excuse for tasteful cheesecake? :3
*waves hands vaguely*
Although Sophie can manifest any outfit she likes, it takes energy and concentration and her recent use of the Kairos effect drained her reserves resetting her to default mode and… and…
um, …yeah. Tasteful cheesecake.
Mmm, cheesecake.
Sorry, were you talking about something? I just got an image of my aunt’s peppermint cheesecake, and had to get something to eat.
More like Max had a taxing couple of weeks, and reverted to default Sophie?
Not that I am complaining about cheesecake mode (though I still prefer a Marissa Mode ) but why is her default shredded undies? She didn’t die just wearing those.
That was my thought, too. I would expect that her default manifestation would be the dress in which she died. Or was she wearing shredded undies when she died?
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Oh yeah… tasteful cheesecake!
I don’t see why ghosts are so frequently pictured wearing what they died in – their clothes didn’t die. I would expect it to be more like what The Matrix called (I think) something like “residual self image” – you look like whatever you expect yourself to look like, so that’s your default unless you willfully change it. Now, as to why Sophie’s residual self image is shredded undies…you’ll have to ask her that. I will just applaud her excellent choice of style and be happy that her self-image didn’t include a burqa.
Ah, but Number 6, we’re now running into that fiddly little problem of not having an actual afterlife to from which to base any of this. So a residual self image is just a good of a guess as assuming we all become ghost dogs.
Sure ghost dogs would be a cool theory, but not nearly as enjoyable to look at as Sophie Cheesecake. I support any theory that produces ghost babes in torn undies 😀
I’ve been thinking a bit about this.
It’s like she’s bound to his location… hm….
I’m reaching back a bit in time here and showing a comic geek moment….
Silver hair, creepy ghost vibe, spellcaster…maybe Sophie should start wearing Clea’s outfits (from Dr Strange) if she’s tossing spells and saving Max’s butt all the time!
One of these days, Sophie needs to appear in full avenging angel gear: flowing robes, ethereal glow (blindingly bright optional), double-handed longsword, et cetera.
she’ll only need that when the threat is purely ethereal (something Max has no means to counter).
These are all really cool ideas!
Bob, if you ever have an angelic Sophie featured in a splash page, I would send cash for the print!
If ever there was stronger anti-drinking campaign potential I have yet to see it.
If a car trying to occupy the same space as a tree isn’t enough, then I doubt that anything could be.
That’s really more of an anti-drinking-and-driving image. Doesn’t say you can’t or shouldn’t drink. Plenty of people drink way more than they should and still retain enough sense not to drive.
Now, if drinking led to demonheadedness, that would definitely get folks to quit. In the case of the unfortunate gent above however, I suspect that the demons in his head, literal or imagined, are what drove him to drink, rather than the other way around.
And then there’d be the really hardcore drinkers who would drink so they could get the biggest demon heads ever!
You know, the sad part of all this is that Max may be able to save the kid’s life, but his mind… it’s already too late.
Wha… tha… F%%%%%%%%CK?
What would multiple personality disorder look like Deadvision?
I’m thinking maybe something like in a hall of infinite mirrors, each image slightly different?
What would Deadpool look like to Deadvision is the real question.
O_o
Deadpool? I’m not sure, but there’d better be rubble where the fourth wall stood!
Multiple faces on the same head? Rotate the head to signify a personality shift?
Deadvision: The Best Tool of Dead Psychologists.
Hey when you usually give bad news I’m sure the news is taken better when the messenger looks that good. Am I right max? Lol.